barack obama, when stocks exploded for a gain of 96%. attention holiday shoppers! the guys who unload ships may be going on strike. the contract for the more than 15,000 members of the international longshoremen's association runs out at the end of the month. holiday sales are so important, just the threat of a strike has retailers considering back-up plans. on the topic of the holidays, a big downgrade for the 3 top publicly traded toymakers, which sent shares of mattel, hasbro and jakks down. the worry: toy sales. they've been dropping all year, down more than what analyst sean mcgown thinks can be corrected by holiday sales. an influential blog says zynga is losing another top executive - this time the chief security officer, who follows out the door the coo, cmo and cco - that's the chief creative officer. let's talk with our trader today. it's larry shover. he is chief investment officer at sfg alternatives. larry, a lot of talk about housing. a lot of good numbers, including several that came out yesterday. this is starting to look like a real play opportunit